The air grew thinner as the flames danced across the cave, crackling amidst all the chaos. The giant army of faceless demons continued to attack the Titans while Elias and Heretic pitted their genies against one another in a fierce battle. The heat was suffocating, and the relentless spewing of fire from Red Devil wasn't helping either.
Damian had to act, and fast.
His whole team was at a great disadvantage, and even with Blue Beetle, Starfire, and Superboy doing most of the damage toward the demons, they were still on the losing end as each time a demon was 'killed', more emerged from the ground. It got to a point where Nightwing had to yell at everyone to stop blasting the faceless creatures, but it was impossible to not eliminate any of the demons when so many of them came attacking all at once.
Eventually, their attention was geared towards the Red Devil, who was furiously fighting the Titans in return. Damian watched the whole war unravel before his eyes, his mind racing a million miles a minute as he thought of a plan. The only way to put an end to all this was by casting the spell, which would require powerful magic to reignite the candles once again.
Damian looked at the other side of the cave and his eyes narrowed upon seeing Heretic. Djinn was right there, carrying a raging look on her face that didn't belong to her as she fought her brothers against her will.
Bart was standing right next to Damian, anxiously waiting for instructions, a plan, anything. Ignoring the ghostly look on the speedster's face, however, Damian walked past him with determination in his eyes.
Confused, Impulse zapped to Robin's side, catching up to him. "Hey, where are you going?"
Without bothering to look at Impulse, Robin responded, "Go help the others. I'm going after Heretic."
Bart frowned. "You mean, 'we'."
Damian abruptly stopped in his tracks, shooting an angry glare at Allen. "I need to face him alone, Impulse. This is personal."
Impulse pointed his finger directly at Damian's face as he lectured, "No way, dude! I'm not letting you go after that weird adult version of you alone, he's out to get you. He even came close to killing you just recently!"
"Heretic already took my life before and I made it back just fine." Saying that didn't seem to help his case much because Allen was looking even more worried.
Damian sighed, using his free hand to wipe away the beads of sweat trickling down his forehead. His other hand remained firmly grasping the spell book.
"Impulse, I'll be fine. Go help the others while I get Djinn back."
Allen blinked a couple of times, shocked, "Wait, you're gonna try taking Djinn's ring from Heretic?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Damian had to fight the urge to roll his eyes at the kid. "Djinn needs to be saved, and only she can counter Red Devil's magic to light the candles once more."
Impulse observed the explosion of blasts being unleashed by all the genies. Elias kept charging at Heretic, but Damian's clone ruthlessly used one of his own genies as a shield against the spells thrown at him. Heretic seemed to be winning at times, having three genies at his disposal while fighting the other two.
"It's a war zone over there. How do you expect to take the ring from Heretic's finger?"
Damian was about to respond but his body tensed up as he heard the growling sound of creatures coming from behind. Damian spun around, pulling out a Batarang, but before he could slash the demons in their throats, Impulse took him to the other side of the cave in a blink of an eye.
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The New Teen Titans (Damian Centric)
FanfictionDamian Wayne is forced to adapt as a new member of the Teen Titans while having to deal with awful middle school. What Damian doesn't expect is this mysterious threat, involved with dark magic, who seems to know his every move and wants nothing but...
